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7:00 PM ET, August 1, 2023

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Washington Post:
Trump charged in probe of Jan. 6, efforts to overturn 2020 election  —  A grand jury indicted former president Donald Trump Tuesday for a raft of alleged crimes in his brazen efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election — the latest legal and political aftershock stemming from the riot …
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Joey Cappelletti / Associated Press:
Michigan prosecutors charge Trump allies in felonies involving voting machines, illegal ‘testing’  —  A former Republican attorney general candidate and another supporter of former President Donald Trump have been criminally charged in Michigan in connection with accessing and tampering …
Rolling Stone:
Trump's Plan to Save Himself: Scapegoat His Coup Lawyers  —  “John [Eastman] and Rudy [Giuliani] gave a lot of counsel,” one Trump advisor says ominously.  “Other people can decide how sound it was” … Plans for such a defense have been percolating since last year, the two sources say.
Washington Post:
Michigan Republicans charged in connection with 2020 voting machine tampering  —  A Michigan prosecutor charged a former state lawmaker and a losing candidate for state attorney general Monday as part of an investigation into the improper acquisition of voting machines.
Jessica Piper / Politico:
Trump's indictments are having diminishing returns for his political fundraising  —  The second indictment was not as powerful as the first.  —  Donald Trump's legal troubles have created windfalls for his political fundraising in the past.  And his team has not been shy about using various investigations …
Discussion: NBC News, Raw Story and PoliticusUSA
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump's Case Has Broad Implications for American Democracy  —  The third indictment of the former president finally gets to the heart of the matter.  —  Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent, has covered the last five presidents and reported from Washington.
ABC News:
Trump hit with sweeping indictment in alleged effort to overturn 2020 election  —  It marks the third time former president has been indicted on criminal charges.  —  LIVE  —  Former President Donald Trump — already facing two indictments — now faces a third set of charges …
Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Trump Indicted on Federal Charges in 2020 Election Probe
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump grand jury members depart courthouse as potential indictment looms
New York Times:
Trump PAC Down to $4 Million Cash on Hand After Legal Fees
New York Times:
Biden Shores Up Democratic Support, but Faces Tight Race Against Trump  —  A New York Times/Siena College poll found that President Biden is on stronger footing than he was a year ago — but he is neck-and-neck in a possible rematch against Donald Trump.  —  President Biden is heading …
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John Hasson / Townhall:
Biden Allies Spread Photoshopped Pictures of the President to ‘Prove’ He's Fit for Second Term  —  As a growing number of Americans believe President Biden is too old for a second term in office, White House allies are employing a desperate strategy to convince voters that the President is fit enough to serve:
New York Times:
Cross-Tabs: July 2023 Times/Siena Poll of the 2024 Race and National Issues
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
Even Trump's indictments haven't shattered the deadlock between the parties. Here's why
Discussion: Racket News
Mark Osborne / ABC News:
New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver dies unexpectedly after undisclosed medical issue  —  Oliver had been serving as acting governor while Phil Murphy was out of state.  —  New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver died Tuesday, one day after she was rushed to the hospital for an undisclosed medical issue.
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Karl de Vries / CNN:
New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver dies at 71
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Another GOP ‘bombshell’ fails to detonate  —  House Republicans are having a hard time selling the idea that Devon Archer's testimony was important  —  “Every day this bribery scandal becomes more credible,” House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday night.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Meet the “scholars” who created Florida's new Black history curriculum  —  To comply with the Stop WOKE Act, a 2022 law championed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R), the state needed to create a new curriculum for Black history.  The law required the curriculum to “celebrate …
Discussion: Raw Story, Vanity Fair and USA Today
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Hadriana Lowenkron / Bloomberg:
Harris Rejects DeSantis Invitation to Discuss Black History
NBC News:
Former Lizzo dancers were weight-shamed and pressured while at strip club, lawsuit says  —  Three former dancers have filed a suit against Lizzo, accusing the singer of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment.  —  LOS ANGELES — Three of Lizzo's former dancers have accused …
David Strom / HotAir:
The new Democrat line: Hunter was selling an “illusion” of access  —  A week or two ago I wrote about the “limited hangout” strategy of dealing with a crisis.  It is a strategy used by intelligence agencies that have been caught doing something illegal and/or embarrassing, made famous during the Watergate scandal.
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Biden Spoke With Son's Associates, but Not About Business, Former Partner Says
CNBC:
Fitch downgrades U.S. long-term ratings to AA+ from AAA  — Fitch Ratings cut the United States' long-term foreign currency issuer default rating to AA+ from AAA.  — The agency had placed the country's rating on negative watch in May, citing the debt ceiling fight in Washington.
Sean Murphy / Associated Press:
Transgender People Face Further Erasure With Oklahoma Executive Order  —  The Republican governor ordered state agencies to use narrow definitions of “male” and “female” in their operations.  —  Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Tuesday directed state agencies to use narrow definitions of …
Chantal Da Silva / NBC News:
‘Am I wrong?’:  Ohio officer who released police dog on Black man defends himself on bodycam video  —  “He wasn't complying.  I mean, am I wrong?”  Circleville Police Officer Ryan Speakman can be heard saying after he unleashed a police dog on Jadarrius Rose.
Discussion: Raw Story
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Ray Epps' Attorney Fires Back at Joe Rogan's Jan. 6 False Flag ‘Absurdity’  —  If Rogan is “truly interested in focusing on who instigated” the Jan. 6 riots, Epps' lawyer said, “he would find more truth in looking at the mirror.” … Ray Epps, the former Trump acolyte at the center …
 
 
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Ben Wilson / Washington Free Beacon:
Missouri Democratic Party Advocates Burning Down Neighbor's House Over Trump Flags
Discussion: Fox News
Ben Orner / MLive.com:
Election deniers Dinesh D'Souza, Kari Lake highlight Michigan GOP fall conference
Discussion: Raw Story and RedState
Reuters:
Ukraine and Poland call in envoys after war support comments
Discussion: Politico and Bloomberg
Thomas Catenacci / Fox News:
California relying on fossil fuels for critical power amid record heat wave: ‘We need natural gas’
Bjorn Lomborg / Wall Street Journal:
Climate Change Hasn't Set the World on Fire
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Ken Alltucker / USA Today:
Henrietta Lacks' family settles lawsuit over use of HeLa cells to advance medical research
Robert H. Bork Jr / Washington Examiner:
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Trump's New Legal Fund Is a Lean, Mean Grift Machine
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Rape Trial Testimony Is Already Coming Back to Haunt Him
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Conrad Hoyt / Washington Examiner:
Memphis police arrest gunman outside Jewish school and prevent ‘potential mass shooting’